TANCS® is not an ingredient you add to your steam cleaner, says Dunlop. Nor is it an attachment. TANCS® is a factory-installed internal component that modifies the crystal structure of the naturally occurring minerals in ordinary tap water to destroy microorganisms in a very short time.

“When a Ladybug steam cleaner with TANCS® is turned on, the water and minerals pass through the boiler, where the heat converts the water to superheated steam,” says Dunlop. “Before the steam exits the boiler, the crystal structure of the decomposing minerals is modified, allowing the steam to carry these ‘energized crystals’ to the surface of what is being cleaned. The result is a process that destroys microorganisms almost instantly while inhibiting the growth of new biofilm, or microorganism colonies, as the change in crystal structure combined with the superheated steam leaves no place for biofilms to attach.”

Ladybug has impressive scientific findings to back its TANCS® technology, including studies conducted by the University of Michigan.

"Scientific studies have found that biofilms can be up to 1000 times more resistant to biocide inactivation than are suspended microbes,” says Chuanwu Xi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Michigan. “It is extremely difficult to get rid of biofilms and kill them. The efficacy of the steam vapor system is important because even strong chemical disinfectants such as bleach when allowed 20 minutes of dwell time did not achieve the same degree of kill that the TANCS®-equipped unit accomplished in three seconds.”

TANCS®-equipped steam cleaners have been scientifically proven to wipe out the MRSA superbug in 5 seconds, and eradicate the NDM-1 strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria on a hard surface within 2 seconds.

According to Benjamin Tanner, president of Antimicrobial Test Laboratories, “The TANCS® System has shown extraordinary results in laboratory tests. A 99.9999% reduction of MRSA and VRE on surfaces within 5 seconds is a level of performance that chemical disinfectants may never achieve.”

“It makes no sense to clean your home with your mother’s mop and a bucket of harmful chemicals,” says Dunlop.

Most conventional cleaning products lining supermarket shelves contain chemicals. Even some of the so-called ‘green’ cleaners on the market contain chemicals. The root of the problem is that current Federal laws do not require manufacturers of residential cleaning products to list all of the ingredients on their labels.

Children are more vulnerable than adults to chemicals because they crawl on floors and put everything into their mouths.

A study released April 1, 2011 by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) says that toxic chemicals found in consumer products can interfere with key stages of childhood development.

According to the PIRG report, “The incidence of many serious health problems—including premature birth, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, asthma and allergies, early puberty, obesity, diabetes, reduced fertility, and some types of cancer—shows links with exposure to chemicals that can interfere with the process of growth and development.”

Dunlop says it only makes good sense to ditch cleaning products that contain chemicals unsafe for the health of children and switch to natural products and systems that keep homes clean and fresh smelling without the toxic side effects.

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